Material Master

Material Master Guide

Prepared by
Mr. Omkar P
PP-APO –IBP Consultant

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Table of Content
Master Data in SAP PP ........................................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.

Material Master Brief definition & Material Types ................. Error! Bookmark not defined.,4

Material Master views in SAP PP ................................................................................................. 4

SAP Material Master with data for Finished Material ................................................................. 4,9

SAP Material Master with data for Raw Material ...............................................................................................9,13

Material Master T-codes and its descriptions ................................................................................ 13

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Master Data in SAP PP-

The term “MASTER DATA” includes the data concerning Product Structure, Production processes, and
Available capacities. Parameters contained within the master data control the planning & execution
processes to a large extent, for this reason Master Data is of Essential Importance
The most important master data in regard With Production Planning are as follows ;

 Material master
 Bill of Material (BOM)
 Routing
 Work Center
 Production Version

Production version

Routing Work
center

Material

BOM

Material Master Definition

Material master is a Central Element of Basic Data within production Logistics, This basic data has
manifold relationships to other important basic data. These relationships are important to establish
accurate & efficient Production planning.

Material Types
Finished material ( FERT)- Finished Material can also be described as final product , finished material is
the product on which numerous types of manufacturing / production processes are done
Semi-finished Material (HALB) - Semi- finished products can be procured externally and manufactured
in-house. They are then processed by the company. A material master record of this material type can
contain both purchasing and work scheduling data.
Raw materials (ROH) -Raw materials are always procured externally and then processed. A material
master record of this type contains purchasing data, but not sales data since they cannot be sold.
Spare parts (ERSA)- Spare parts are used to replace defective parts. They may be kept in stock. A
material master record of this material type can contain purchasing data.

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Some other material types

Trading goods (HAWA)
Non Stock Material (NLAG)
Returnable Packaging material (LEIH)
Non Valuated material (UNBW)

Most Important Views used in SAP PP-

 Basic Data 1
 Basic Data 2
 MRP 1 View
 MRP 2 View
 MRP 3 View
 MRP 4 View
 Work Scheduling View

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SAP MATERIAL MASTER with data for Finished Material (FERT)

T-code -MM01 (create), MM02(change), MM03(display)
MMF1( FERT only)
Path - Logistics >> Production >> Master Data >> Material >> Create(General) >> MM01

Selection of the required views

Basic data 1& 2
MRP 1 2 3 4
Work Scheduling

Select industry Sector example

– Mechanical, chemical,
pharma etc.
Select Material type
In this case it is FERT for
finished material

Click on to proceed further

Select organizational Levels

means Name of the Plant &
Storage location within plant
Where the material is to be
created

MRP profile is used to store

the MRP parameters that are
independent of Material
Master record, MRP profile is a
useful entry aid and makes it
easier to manage MRP data
T code- MMD1(create)
To make Org. Level
data default for
further material
creation

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Basic Data -1
Basic data contains the information that describes the material irrespective of organization for example weight ,
volume as well as basic unit of measure
Enter the material Description

Key that you use to group together several

materials or services with the same
attributes

While processing sales document, system

automatically suggests an item type in
the document depending on the item
category group you assign
Normal- for standard item

Basic Unit of Measure is

selected here
Example – Each, Pieces,
Kg etc.

Mention the gross

weight & net weight
here along with its unit
of measure ex. Kg ,gram
Basic Data -2

Description of material
accordance with
appropriate industry
standard ex. ISO 9001, 9002

Dangerous goods indicator

profile used to identify the
dangerous goods along with
indicators specifying the goods
characteristics

If there is any Design related

data available for the product,
it is maintained here

There is no mandatory field in Basic data 2 , though these fields can be maintained in case of specific
requirement

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MRP views enables us to define how to procure material and how to plan and control this
material within the production process

MRP -1 In MRP group Specific control

parameters can be created for
total planning, parameters like
Consumption mode, planning
horizon

MRP type to be selected which

decides how planning is to be
done
PD – for planning
ND- for no planning
R1- for time phased planning

MRP controller to be selected

who is responsible for the
planning activity

Lot sizing procedure is determined

by this case whether it is
EX – lol for lot,
FX- fix order quantity

Percentage of scrap that occurs

during the production of material
if the material is in assembly

MRP -2
Procurement type is selected whether it is In house,
external or both
Special Procurement key is use to define procurement type
more precisely ex. Direct production, subcontracting, Stock
transfer from plant to plant

Production storage location is selected here if the

material is a component then it is the issuing
location or if the material is produced then it’s a
receiving storage location

Backflush is used for automatic issuing of goods

If component is backflushed then system posts for
withdrawal after the confirmation, and the
withdrawal is posted automatically

If the material is co product or bulk product

then these indicators are maintained

Days required for the in house production is maintained

Safety stock is maintained to satisfy
the unexpected high demand, this is
useful to avoid shortfall of material in
the coverage period
here
The time required for receiving of material for
Schedule margin key is maintained if Inspection and placement into storage is maintained in
we require any floats goods receipt processing time

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MRP -3 Period indicator specifies how forecast

values the managed ex. In days, weeks
etc.

Suitable Strategy group is selected according to the

type of industry scenario whether it is MTS or MTO
Here in this case 10- Make to stock is used

Mixed MRP indicator is used if specific strategy

groups are used example
11- gross planning
70- planning at sub assembly level
74-sub assembly planning without final assembly

Consumption mode controls the direction on the

time axis for the way system consumes the
requirements
It is used in case of consumption based strategy
Example -40-planning with final assembly
Forward & backward Consumption period is
maintained according to consumption mode

Time required for product to be completely

available again is maintained here
It defines how system checks the availability if
It is important for system to for availability check
material and generates the requirements for the
requirements
Ex- individual requirement, daily requirements

MRP-4
Individual or collective requirements is selected
depending upon whether dependent requirements to
be planned individually or in group

Production version is maintained here

To authorize this material for repetitive mfg., this

indicator is activated

REM profile is maintained here which determines how

system deals with activities like Backflush, movement
types used for goods issue and goods receipt etc.

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WORK SCHEDULING
Work scheduling view enables us to enter the data which is relevant to production execution
Apart from basic unit of measure , alternate unit of
issue and production unit can be maintained here

Plant specific material status is used to restrict the

usability of material for plant concern
Valid from is the date from which plant specific material
status is active

Production storage location is selected here if the

material is a component then it is the issuing
location or if the material is produced then it’s a
receiving storage location
If its maintained in MRP2 view then it is directly
fetched from there

Production version can be maintained from this

field as well as from the MRP 4 view

This indicator is activated to allow the material to

be produced in batches

This indicator is used to define This indicator defines whether

whether material is subject to the material is a critical part
quality inspection lot after the
good receipt posting or not

SAP MATERIAL MASTER with data for Raw Material (ROH)

T-code -MM01 (create), MM02(change), MM03(display)
MMR1( ROH only)
Path - Logistics >> Production >> Master Data >> Material >> Create(General) >> MM01

Selection of the required

views
Basic data 1& 2
MRP 1 2 3 4
Work Scheduling

Purchasing view is must for Raw

materials because we have to
purchase that raw material from
external sources.

Select industry Sector example

– Mechanical, chemical,
pharma etc.
Select Material type
In this case it is ROH for RAW
material

click here for next

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Select organizational Levels means Name of the
Plant & Storage location for ROH within plant
Where the material is to be created

MRP profile is used to store the MRP

parameters that are independent of Material
Master record, MRP profile is a useful entry aid
and makes it easier to manage MRP data
T code- MMD1(create)

To make Org. Level data default for

further material creation
Basic Data -1

Enter the material Description

Key that you use to group together several

materials or services with the same attributes

While processing sales document, system

automatically suggests an item type in the document
depending on the item category group you assign
Normal- for standard item

Basic Unit of Measure is selected here

Example – Each, Pieces, Kg etc.

Mention the gross weight & net weight here

along with its unit of measure ex. Kg ,gram

Basic Data -2

Description of material
accordance with
appropriate industry
standard ex. ISO 9001, 9002

If there is any Design related

data available for the product,
it is maintained here

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PURCHASING
Material group is maintained here
which is used to group together
materials with similar attributes

Purchasing group is maintained

here which is responsible for
purchasing activities

This indicator is used to allow

material to be procured in batches

Enter purchasing value as it gives

information about remaining days,
shipping instructions for the purchasing
material

No of days required after receiving Post to inspection stock indicator is used to

material for inspection and placement post the good receipt to inspection stock
into storage is maintained here If material is critical then critical part indicator
is activated

MRP-1

Purchasing group is maintained here

which is responsible for purchasing
activities
If it is already maintained in
Purchasing group then it is fetched
here

Planning type ND is selected as the

materials is externally procured and
planning is not required

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MRP-2

Procurement type F is selected as the

material is externally procured

Backflush is set to always backflush

No of days required to obtain the

material if it is procured externally

Good receipt processing time is

maintained here

Scheduled margin Key is maintained here

if any floats are required

Safety stock is maintained to satisfy the unexpected

high demand, this is useful to avoid shortfall of material
in the coverage period
MRP-3

Availability check is set to daily requirement

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MRP-4

Component scrap is maintained as this material is

ROH and used as a component

Individual Requirement is selected as the

dependent requirements are to be planned
individually

Material Master T-codes and its descriptions

• MM01 – To create a new material i.e. ROH, HALB, FERT, VERP.
• MM02 – To make any changes in a material we have created.
• MM03 – To Display the Material
• MMF1- To create Finished Material
• MMR1- To Create Raw Material
• MMB1- To Create Semi finished material
• MM06- To Apply Deletion flag to material
• MM11 - To create Schedule material
• MM19- Display Material at Key Date
• MM60 - To view the List of all the materials created in a Plant.
• MMBE - To see the Stock Overview
• MMSC - To Enter Storage Locations
• MM50 - Extended Material View
• MMD1- To create MRP profile
• MM17 – Mass maintenance of materials
• MMPV- Close period
• MMRV- Allow Posting to Previous Period

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